AVP, Strategic Program Execution

Role Responsibilities

• Enterprise Portfolio Leadership
  • Own the integrated D&D initiative portfolio, maintaining a single, enterprise-wide view of priorities, sequencing, dependencies, and risk.
  • Establish and maintain governance frameworks that align strategic objectives with execution commitments.
  • Ensure portfolio decisions reflect enterprise priorities, capacity constraints, and measurable impact.
• Strategy-to-Execution Leadership
  • Translate executive direction into structured, outcome-driven execution plans with clear ownership, milestones, and performance measures.
  • Lead end-to-end delivery of the organization’s most critical, cross-functional initiatives.
  • Drive enterprise alignment by clarifying decision rights, roles, and accountability across business units.
• Executive Enablement & Decision Support
  • Provide leadership with concise, high-signal views of initiative health, risk, and tradeoffs.
  • Surface emerging execution gaps and systemic blockers before they impact outcomes.
  • Inform strategic tradeoffs through data-driven insights and scenario analysis.
• Operational Discipline & Performance
  • Institutionalize execution rhythm, reporting standards, and portfolio review processes.
  • Ensure initiatives are measured against outcomes and business impact, not activity.
  • Champion a culture of accountability, disciplined follow-through, and operational excellence.

Requirements

• 10 to 15+ years of experience in program management, transformation, or enterprise execution roles
• Proven track record driving large, ambiguous initiatives to completion
• Strong executive presence and comfort working directly with senior leaders
• Ability to operate independently with limited direction with a strong bias toward action
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Experience operating in matrixed or highly complex organizations
• Background supporting large, enterprise transformations
• Comfort navigating informal influence networks
• Ability to challenge leaders constructively

Key Skills

• Strategic thinker with a high level of business acumen.
• Visionary Leadership: Ability to shape and communicate a clear vision that aligns teams with organizational goals and inspires action at all levels
• Influencing Without Authority: Demonstrated ability to guide and influence senior leaders, stakeholders, and cross-functional teams to drive alignment and outcomes.
• Executive Presence: Comfort and confidence in interacting with executive leadership, including the ability to present complex ideas succinctly and compellingly.
• Outcome-Driven Focus: Proven ability to align operations with strategic objectives, delivering measurable results.
• Data Interpretation and Insight: Expertise in interpreting complex data sets and deriving actionable insights that influence decision-making.
• Change Management: Experience leading organizational change initiatives, ensuring seamless adoption of new tools, processes, or strategies.
• Stakeholder Management: Proven ability to engage and align diverse stakeholders with varying priorities and objectives.
• Industry Expertise: Recognition as a thought leader in organizational strategy and data-driven operations, including the ability to represent the organization at conferences or thought forums.

Pay

The current salary range for this role is $156,500.00 to $290,100.00. This position is also incentive eligible.